"pessimist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛsɪmɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pessimist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pessimists [plural]
Etymology: From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus (“worst”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pessimiste}} French pessimiste, {{uder|en|la|pessimus||worst}} Latin pessimus (“worst”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pessimist (plural pessimists)
  1. Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Hyponyms: bear (english: in finance) Derived forms: Afropessimist Related terms: pessimism, pessimistic Translations (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome): مُتَشَائِم (mutašāʔim) (Arabic), հոռետես (hoṙetes) (Armenian), bədbin (Azerbaijani), bədbin adam (Azerbaijani), песіміст (pjesimist) [masculine] (Belarusian), песимист (pesimist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pessimista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 悲觀主義者 (Chinese Mandarin), 悲观主义者 (bēiguānzhǔyìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), pessimistu [masculine] (Corsican), pesimista [masculine] (Czech), škarohlíd [masculine] (Czech), pessimist [common-gender] (Danish), sortseer [common-gender] (Danish), zwartdenker [masculine] (Dutch), doemdenker [masculine] (Dutch), pessimist [masculine] (Dutch), pesimisto [feminine, masculine] (Esperanto), pesimistino [feminine] (Esperanto), nigravidulo [feminine, masculine] (Esperanto), pessimist (Estonian), pessimisti (Finnish), pessimiste [feminine, masculine] (French), pesimista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Pessimist [masculine] (German), Pessimistin [feminine] (German), απαισιόδοξος (apaisiódoxos) (Greek), pesszimista (Hungarian), svartsýnismaður [masculine] (Icelandic), pesimisto (Ido), pesimis (Indonesian), duarcán [masculine] (Irish), pessimista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 悲観主義者 (hikanshugisha) (alt: ひかんしゅぎしゃ) (Japanese), 厭世家 (enseika) (alt: えんせいか) (Japanese), ペシミスト (peshimisuto) (Japanese), 염세가 (yeomsega) (Korean), пессимист (pessimist) (Kyrgyz), песимист (pesimist) [masculine] (Macedonian), doo-aignagh (Manx), pessimiste [feminine, masculine] (Norman), pessimist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pessimist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pesymista [masculine] (Polish), pesymistka [feminine] (Polish), czarnowidz [masculine] (Polish), pessimista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), pesimist [masculine] (Romanian), pesimistă [feminine] (Romanian), pessimist [masculine] (Romansch), pessimista [feminine] (Romansch), пессими́ст (pessimíst) [masculine] (Russian), пессими́стка (pessimístka) [feminine] (Russian), песѝмист [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pesìmist [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pesimista [masculine] (Slovak), pesimíst [masculine] (Slovenian), pesimista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), agorero [masculine] (Spanish), pessimist [common-gender] (Swedish), నిరాశావాది (nirāśāvādi) (Telugu), ཡིད་ཆད་རིང་ལུགས་པ (yid chad ring lugs pa) (Tibetan), pesimist (Turkish), kötümser (Turkish), karamsar (Turkish), bedbin (Turkish), песимі́ст (pesymíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), pessimist (Uzbek), badiman [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hibadiman [masculine] (Volapük), jibadiman [feminine] (Volapük), pesimist [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "word": "pesszimista"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "word": "pesimis"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "it",
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          "alt": "ひかんしゅぎしゃ",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "alt": "えんせいか",
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          "roman": "enseika",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "word": "厭世家"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "peshimisuto",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "word": "ペシミスト"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeomsega",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "word": "염세가"
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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        },
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "czarnowidz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "pessimista"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pesimist"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "word": "pesimistă"
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          "code": "rm",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "word": "pessimist"
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        {
          "code": "rm",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "пессими́ст"
        },
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          "roman": "pessimístka",
          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
          "word": "bedbin"
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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          "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
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    }
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        "plural"
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      "english": "in finance",
      "word": "bear"
    }
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        "Slovene links with redundant target parameters",
        "Ukrainian links with redundant target parameters",
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      ]
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutašāʔim",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "مُتَشَائِم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hoṙetes",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "հոռետես"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "bədbin"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "bədbin adam"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjesimist",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "песіміст"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pesimist",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "песимист"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "悲觀主義者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bēiguānzhǔyìzhě",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "悲观主义者"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimistu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "škarohlíd"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sortseer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwartdenker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doemdenker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimistino"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nigravidulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pessimisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pessimistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apaisiódoxos",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "απαισιόδοξος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pesszimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svartsýnismaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pesimisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pesimis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duarcán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimista"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひかんしゅぎしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikanshugisha",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "悲観主義者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんせいか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enseika",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "厭世家"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "peshimisuto",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "ペシミスト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeomsega",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "염세가"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "pessimist",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "пессимист"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pesimist",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "песимист"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "doo-aignagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesymista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pesymistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czarnowidz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pessimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pessimíst",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пессими́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pessimístka",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пессими́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "песѝмист"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesìmist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovenian",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimíst"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agorero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nirāśāvādi",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "నిరాశావాది"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "yid chad ring lugs pa",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "ཡིད་ཆད་རིང་ལུགས་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pesimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "kötümser"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "karamsar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "bedbin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pesymíst",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "песимі́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "word": "pessimist"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badiman"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hibadiman"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jibadiman"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "someone who habitually expects the worst outcome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesimist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pessimist"
}

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